The 2007 Colorado Rockies will continue their hot streak later on in October. With the help of ten pitchers, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres in a one game tiebreaker. Home Runs for Colorado came from Todd Helton and Yorvit Torrealba. Josh Fogg got the start, but didn’t fare too well. He lasted only 4 innings but gave up 8 hits and 5 earned runs. However the bullpen was up for the task, including a great performance from Matt Herges. Herges, who once saved 23 games for the 2004 San Francisco Giants, threw 3 scoreless innings in relief. The Rockies started their scoring in the very first inning, with 2 runs from a sacrifice fly off the bat of Todd Helton and a single from Garret Atkins. Trevor Hoffman wound up blowing a 2 run lead in the 13th inning.

“It’s been an incredible run from game 1 to game 163,” Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. “This is just a snapshot of what we’ve been through.”

Trevor Hoffman couldn’t put his feelings into words after the game.

“I’m having a hard time expressing myself right now,” Hoffman said. “I wish I could, but I can’t after what happened tonight.”

The teams in the playoffs right now are the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Boston Red Sox, The New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians, The Colorado Rockies, The Chicago Cubs, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Philadelphia Phillies.